Jingnan Peng

3 weeks ago | csmonitor.com | Jingnan Peng |Mackenzie Farkus

Ralph Santoro and Salvatore Compagnone found out their land had been seized through social media. The 31-acre plot, where they had planned to build an affordable housing complex, lies on the edge of Johnston, a suburb of Providence. The seizure was announced on March 14. Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr., a vocal opponent of the housing project, wrote on Facebook and X that the town had taken the land by eminent domain. The plan was to build a new government complex there.

1 month ago | csmonitor.com | Gail Chaddock |Jingnan Peng

You’re a Canadian farmer looking for a better life. You’ve decided that moving to another country is the best way to get there. Is Russia your destination? Our Moscow-based writer, also Canadian, went out to the Russian countryside to find out why one family said yes. April 03, 2025, 10:00 a.m. ET For a Canadian farm family, a move to Russia may not seem the obvious choice for a better life.

1 month ago | csmonitor.com | Clayton Collins |Jingnan Peng

By now you probably either are all in on the Apple TV+ series that feels like “Black Mirror” meets “Office Space,” or have walled it off. On the eve of the Season 2 finale of “Severance,” we had a no-spoilers chat with our senior culture writer about why, for some, the dark show resonates. March 19, 2025, 5:00 p.m. ET Work-life balance was never quite like this.

2 months ago | csmonitor.com | Jingnan Peng |Mackenzie Farkus |Riley Robinson

Sitting on a bench next to his friend Roosevelt Adams, 81-year-old Michael Palumbaro says he is filled with gratitude. “I never thought that I would become a senior,” he says. “Because I tested HIV positive in 1987, when people were dying left and right.”Mr. Palumbaro also never imagined that in his 70s, he would become one of the first residents of John C. Anderson Apartments (JCAA). Opened in 2014, the building is America’s first senior affordable housing complex marketed as LGBTQ-friendly.

Jun 4, 2024 | everand.com | Jingnan Peng

Many low-income urban areas in the United States have a pressing need for trees. With about half as much tree canopy coverage as their affluent counterparts have, these areas face a host of risks, such as air pollution, poor water quality, and dangerously high heat. But government tree-planting programs meant to close this gap can face resistance from the very communities they intend to help.